Jazz Birthdays, Jan. 25 – 31

Jazz birthdays this week include:
Jan. 25:

Wellman Braud (1891-1966),

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994),

Benny Golson (1929) (pictured),

D.D. Jackson (1967)
Jan. 26:

Stephane Grappelli (1908-1997),

Page Cavanaugh (1922),

Aki Takase (1948),

Steve Dobrogosz (1956)
Jan. 27:

Hot Lips Page (1908-1954),

Bobby Hutcherson (1941),

Bob Mintzer (1953),

Pheeroan akLaff (1955)
Jan. 28:

Ronnie Scott (1927-1996),

Acker Bilk (1929),

Dick Griffin (1940),

Bob Moses (1948),

Henry Johnson (1954)
Jan. 29:

Ed Shaughnessy (1929),

Derek Bailey (1930),

Ruth Brown (1928),

Jeanne Lee (1939-2000),

Marc Cary (1967)
Jan. 30:

Roy Eldridge (1911-1989),

Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993),

Buddy Montgomery (1930),

Tubby Hayes (1935-1973),

Ralph Lalama (1951)
Jan. 31:

Isham Jones (1894-1956),

Benny Morton (1907-1985),

Bobby Hackett (1915-1976)

Originally Published January 25, 2004